Some effects of cloud-aerosol interaction on cloud microphysics structure and precipitation formation: Numerical experiments with a spectral microphysics cloud ensemble model

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 195-220

  Khain, A ^a   Pokrovsky, A ^a   Sednev, I ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cloud aerosol interaction; Coastal circulation; Spectral cloud microphysics

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COASTAL CIRCULATION; PARTICLE SIZE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0033401802     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(99)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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